Kempsey local Phani Prakhya was instrumental in organising the event and hopes to build on its success.

"The idea was to celebrate Indian Independence Day and make it an Indian delight for locals to enjoy, and I think we succeeded, we have been receiving great feedback by all who attended," he said.

"This was our first one, and it was very well received, so we are hoping to make it an annual event, and share it around the Mid-North Coast.

"This one was in Kempsey, and we are thinking of maybe sharing it around for other areas to host, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Taree, we are currently looking at all options."

The two-day event went all weekend and had food, dancing, music and a bit of friendly sporting competition, complete with trophies for the winners. State Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams also made the trip down.

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"The Saturday night had a dinner provided by Curry Heaven from Laurieton, music, dances and kids raging from 4 to 8 dressed up as Indian freedom fighters. It was all in good fun," Phani said.

"It was nice to see the lovely Leslie Williams from Port Macquarie come along, she was dressed in Indian dress and did presentations of medals and certificates.

"Everything finished up on Sunday, we had a ceremonial flag raising at Kempsey High School, and then we continued with a sports day where we had cricket games, throwball, and medals and trophies for the winners. Rotary Club in Kempsey catered the lunch."

The event is done for the year, but Phani hopes to make it even bigger next year.

"I want to sincerely thank the team of people who helped make the event happen, and everyone who supported this event," he said.

"This is only the beginning; I want to make it more official, apply for grants, and establish a not for profit organisation to oversee future events. Keep an eye out; we will try to have it sometime in August every year, around the Indian independence day.

"Everyone is invited to come along; it's all for the community to enjoy a taste of something that they might have never tried before; usually, you'd have to travel to Newcastle or Sydney to go to something like this."

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